Shirley Story

Funeral service for Shirley Story, age 84 of Sulphur Springs, Texas will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Monday, January 13, 2025 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home with Bro. Perry Johnson officiating. Interment will follow at Shooks Chapel Cemetery with David Aaron, Justin Aaron, Billy Thedford, Troy Hill, Zachary Teel, and Fernando Aguilar serving as pallbearers. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service. Mrs. Story passed away on January 6, 2025 at her residence. 

Shirley was born on September 14, 1940 in Hopkins County, Texas to Frank James and Tressie (Walls) Williams. She worked as a stocker at Grocery Supply Company after working as a waitress years ago. Shirley was a loving mother who gave her heart to everyone. She was an avid collector of dolls. Shirley was a woman of the Baptist faith. 

She is survived by her daughters, Ruth Thedford and late husband, Daniel, and Teresa and Michael Whaley; sons, Billy Howard and wife, Alejandra Guerrero and Michael Story and wife, Amanda; eight grandchildren, sixteen great-grandchildren, and numerous nieces and nephews. 

Shirley was preceded in death by her parents; both husbands, Wiley Bob (Mickey) Howard and Cecil Lee Story; sister, Tressie Mae Baker; and four brothers, Billy, Earl, Frankie, Robert Williams.